And a couple more......

Photos of J

I took some pics today of one of my young women from church! Not only do I love this girl, (and her wonderful family) she is fun, beautiful and COMPLETELY photogenic! It is so refreshing to see young women grow and make good choices! J is definitely an example of this! Here's a taste of our afternoon!

J I hope you like! I have so many more for you! (and I LOVE the sun flare ones!!!!!!)

I just can't help myself......

REALLY. I can't.









Just imagine what i'll be able to capture when I can bribe her to look at me when i'm taking pics instead of running away from the camera. But. Can you blame her. She is stalked. I hope she develops a love for my camera soon.

Chad-dad......

This is how their little faces light up when they're talking to you on the phone.......













and this one is just because I am in love with her face!!!



they miss you :)

homeschooling

I think about homeschooling ALL THE TIME. Before my life was graced with kids I always said I would do this. Then I had kids and thought......what was I thinking???? Was I crazy?? :)

But.

My feelings have changed AGAIN. They often do. and MOST days I think about how much I would love to homeschool.

To satiate this desire, Zahn and I have been doing extra home-pre-school activities to get him ready for his big leap into primary education next year. I must admit I do love the satisfying feeling I get when the 'pin drops' so to speak and suddenly he gets 'it'. Or he just remembers something simple like what K looks like. That in itself is quite thrilling :)

And then. Last week on one of those beautiful 'true' spring days (as in.....not too hot) as I sat outside on the small patch of grass we have in our yard and ate my lunch while Jazzy slept, I did have to ask myself.......



If I home-schooled........would I still get to do this every now and then??? and for a moment I felt content with the boys being at school and pre-school while I soaked up the beautiful 'quiet' sun outside!

stay tuned......

for more about this....

funny-ness

A quote from the boy who has me laughing most days.

"I just love armpit hair, beards and mustashios" (said so passionately. and so funnily)

Not only is this boy 'repelled' by anything pink, he also loves body and facial hair. Luckily for him he was born a boy! :)



ps) he is actually coming out of his 'repelled' by all things pink stage and is quite 'comfortable' with this colour now (hehehehe). Although if he wants to tease Rylan he still does say something to the effect of "you are a super beautiful princess fairy' - this secretly makes me laugh that it is considered such an insult to a boy and yet it's the highest of high compliments when said to either Jasmin or Myself! Oh how I love these funny boys!

little things.

There are so many little details I don't want to forget about this girl at this age.!



The light that comes in her window and dances on her face and hair while she plays.

Her GORGEOUS little neck. (i have a thing for babies necks. i know that sounds weird. but it's true.)

Crazy birds nest hair in the morning.

Pigtails.

Just a few of the little things I love.

Animal Lovers.

Chad is an animal lover. Actually everyone in our family is. Except me. Don't get me wrong. I love to LOOK at cute little puppies and kittens and am happy to even have a little pat or a cuddle. But that's about as far as it goes.

I especially DO NOT love anything creepy. slithery. And snake like.

If the boys in our house could choose a pet, It would probably be a snake. It would definitely be a snake. Chad had a pet snake when he was a kid. But after his mum told me the story of when that snake escaped from its 'home', I pretty much resolved right then and there that we would never have a pet snake for me to find loose in my house. This would probably give me a heart attack.

We do however, have a pet lizard. Kind of. It lives in our backyard under our air conditioning unit. The boys feed it. occasionally. try to play with it and claim it as their pet. I am more than happy with this little lizard being our 'pet'.

Anyway. Chad being the 'animal lover' and protector that he is, does on occasion bring in strays that he has rescued from near death experiences. So on Sunday when he came home from a morning meeting this is what he greeted us with.



It was pure delight for the kids as they all ran into the back yard saying things like, "let's get it some food". "Can we keep this as our pet". etc. etc. I was happy to remind them that we already have a pet lizard (a much smaller one) and this one would definitely need more freedom than what our little yard could offer! They accepted this as they ran off to find snails and worms to feed it.



Jasmin was the only one who suffered any kind of separation anxiety when it was time to let him go. She shed a few tears and ran after him, but was easily consoled with something else spotted in the yard. She may be the biggest animal lover yet.



I know I will eventually cave in and we will get 'another' pet. I am already weakening at all the cute little puppies Jazzy HAS TO PAT whenever we see them. But for now I think we're all pretty content with our 'pet lizard'.

ps) Zahn wasn't as keen to get 'up close and personal' with this Lizard due to it's size....but he was out there scouting for food.

Happiness

Happiness today was in Zahn's voice when he announced "this is the best day of my life" on the way home from his friends birthday party. It was in his prayer when he so sincerely said 'I'm so grateful I got to wear a superhero costume today". (love it)

It was the feeling I got when Jasmin gently stroked my cheek when I gave her a cuddle and a bottle before putting her in bed.

It was Rylan when he traded pokemon cards with his cousin. And in the laugh we shared in the rearview mirror driving to school yesterday.

It was dancing with Chad at a wedding reception and remembering our own wedding. 9 years ago.

It was my sister taking my children for the afternoon and loving them like her own. (that was happiness for me.......hehehe)

It was coming home to a clean house by the hands of that same sister. (you are always so good to me)

It was helping the kids pack their bags for the snow.

And it was in goodnight kisses and crazy stories that sent little boys to bed smiling.

Week-ending.....

I thought I loved afternoon church. The pressure free morning. Sleeping in. Being at home. Long leisurely breakfasts.

And then we had Stake conference.

Which left our WHOLE afternoon free. And then I remembered WHY I LOVE morning church even more than those sleep in 'relaxed' mornings. It's true I have to get up at about 5am just to be ready on time (slightly exaggerated) and there's no leisurely breakfasts with fresh juiced oranges (thanks Rylan) but it means we get to spend the afternoon together. Outside. In the beautiful sun. With our family! What's not to love about that!











We went to this gorgeous local farm that is so PERFECT for photos! I can NOT wait to go back (when it's not the middle of the day) and take more photos!







this was an accident.....





We had such a beautiful afternoon spending time with the Ligits!



I love this little family of mine!!!!!

Cute-ness......

This is one of my friends babies! OH HE IS SO CUTE AND CHEEKY! I love this age (and this gorgeous little baby)!!!















and this is his big sister! Isn't she cute too! of course I love her hair and freckles!!

This is really for my sisters.....

I ordered some Noni Juice today.......



Hooray for "year of the cousin"!!!!!